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Don't Look Now! It'sssss -

Just when you think you are getting better- ANEMIA! When you've had multiple bacterial strains dipping into your iron stores and you keep on bleeding out every month, it becomes difficult to keep iron-ated.. ferrated... ferreted... ferrets?  Yeah, I've been taking supplements, but, well, taking them unsupervised by a medical professional- and not really knowing if the root cause of the iron deficiency is bacterial or something else. I suspect things, but I don't know the things.  It kills me to have to have blood taken to prove iron deficiency. I get the test results back and I'm like, 'Look at these numbers! I needed that blood! Now I have less! Thanks so much.' What also kills me is that I think I have been sabotaging myself by taking a fiber supplement. Fiber can interfere with iron absorption. I didn't know that before. I've needed to take fiber becuase of IBS. One problem's solution is setting off another problem.  With my headaches and terri...